glfs/multimedia/libdriv/alsa/driver/alsa-driver-inst.xml

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<title>Installation of alsa-driver</title>

<para>Before installing the alsa-drivers note that in your kernel
configuration you should have <userinput>Sound Card Support
(CONFIG_SOUND)</userinput> enabled but <emphasis>nothing</emphasis> else in
the Sound menu (with the possible exception of TV Card Mixer support.  In
particular you should <emphasis>not</emphasis> have <userinput>OSS Sound
Modules</userinput> enabled as this will cause problems when loading the
alsa driver modules.</para>

<para>Install alsa-driver using the following commands as a template:</para>

<para><screen><userinput>rm include/linux/isapnp.h &amp;&amp;
./configure \
   --with-moddir=/lib/modules/&lt;kernel-version&gt;/kernel/drivers/sound/ \
   --with-kernel=&lt;path-to-kernel-source-tree-to-build-for&gt; \
   --with-sequencer=yes \
   --with-oss=yes \
   --with-isapnp=no \
   --with-cards=&lt;soundcards-to-compile&gt; &amp;&amp;
make &amp;&amp;
make install</userinput></screen></para>

<para>If this is the first time you have installed the alsa drivers, you
will need to create the <filename class="directory">/dev</filename> entries
using the script provided in the alsa-driver source tree:
<screen><userinput>./snddevices</userinput></screen></para>

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